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13 04, 2023

It’s time for UK to take back control of harm reduction policy at COP10

As We See It, Health|

By Brian Monteith – 3 minute read LATER THIS YEAR the UK Government will have the opportunity on the world stage to stand up for our sovereignty and show the world the progress it has made towards reaching its smokefree 2030 target.  In November, a UK delegation will attend the 10th meeting of the World [...]

22 03, 2023

The Windsor Framework guts fishermen’s hopes of protocol respite

As We See It, Brexit-Watch, Trade & Economy|

By Brian Monteith – 4 minute read I HAVE PREVIOUSLY written on the wide range of mad and bad practicalities of the NI Protocol. Possibly the most absurd is that boats leaving Northern Irish harbours such as the Kilkeel fleet are, under the Protocol, not allowed to land their legitimate catches in their own ports [...]

21 03, 2023

Sunak introduces a Westminster Brake on UK divergence

As We See It, Brexit-Watch, Trade & Economy|

By Brian Monteith – 6 minute read HAVING HEARD the Prime Minister’s sales pitch of the Windsor Framework when he launched it I immediately smelled a rat. It sounded too good to be true. Sadly, my initial fears have been proven right. It is not any good at all, indeed it is actually worse than [...]

16 03, 2023

This budget not only misses the point – it doesn’t even understand it

As We See It, Trade & Economy|

By Ewen Stewart – 6 minute read JEREMY HUNT’S latest Budget misses the point and does not address the underlying declining competitiveness of the UK economy.  It fails to address the root of the problem; substantial excess public spending, extraordinarily weak public sector productivity and a subsequent loss of tax competitiveness with more micro-management and [...]

28 02, 2023

Sunak’s Duke of Windsor Agreement deserves to be exiled

As We See It, Brexit-Watch|

By Ewen Stewart– 4 minute read THE SHEER cynicism of our Prime Minister is quite something. The Windsor Agreement indeed! More like the Duke of Windsor Agreement. Something that should have been exiled a long time ago. Sure, the problem dates to Theresa May and the Remain Parliament who, together, conspired to deliberately neuter Brexit at birth, [...]

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